Title 
Baseline measurements of bottom water, sediment and nutrients for the benthic environments of Saguenay fjord, Quebec, Canada

Authors
Rebecca M Howman1,2,Philippe Archambault1,2, Aurdey-Anne Amyot1,2, Judith Gagnon1,2, Martin Solan3,. 

Affiliations 
1Takuvik International Research Laboratory (CNRS - Universit� Laval - Sorbonne Universit�), Universit� Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
2 D�partement de Biologie, Universit� Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
3Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK.

ORCID
RMH, 0000-0002-4300-420X
PA,0000-0001-5986-6149
AAA, 0009-0007-4857-2293
JG,0009-0004-4214-4739
MS, 0000-0001-9924-5574

Data Dictionary 

Column Name
Units 
Description
Study_ID
-
Numeric identifier linking multiple sampling points to a single study.
Author (s)
-
Full author list as reported in the original publication.
Year
-
Publication year of the study.
Title
-
Full title of the publication or thesis.
DOI
-
Digital Object Identifier (if available). �N/A� indicates no DOI (common for theses).
Full Reference
-
Complete citation in standard format.
Study Region (Basin)
-
Region of the Saguenay Fjord where sampling occurred: Inner, Middle, Outer
Season
-
Season of sampling (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter).
Latitude
-
Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).
Longitude
-
Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).
Depth (m)
m
Water depth at the sampling location
Fluorescence_mgM3
mg m-�
Chlorophyll fluorescence; proxy for primary productivity.
Oxygen_percent_saturation
%
Dissolved oxygen as % saturation.
Oxygen_mgL
mg L-�
Dissolved oxygen concentration.
pH
�
Seawater pH at sampling depth (unitless).
Salinity
PSU
Practical salinity units.
Temperature_C
�C
Temperature at sampling depth.
Turbidity_NTU
NTU
Nephelometric turbidity units (suspended material).
Organic_matter_percent
%
Percent organic matter in surface sediments.
D50
�m
Median grain size of sediment.
Sorting
�
Grain size sorting coefficient
Skewness
�
Grain size distribution skewness.
Kurtosis
�
Grain size distribution kurtosis.
Nitrite_mol/L
mol L-�
Dissolved NO-2 concentration.
Nitrate_mol/L
mol L-�
Dissolved NO-3 concentration.
Phosphate_mol/L
mol L-�
Dissolved PO-4 concentration.
Silicate_mol/L
mol L-�
Dissolved SiO-4 concentration.
